Free - booking required
- Year: 2026
- Duration: 120min
Join us for a night of film & storytelling on the theme of Resilience, plus a Q&A with The Parkinson's Project film director
Tenx9 is partnering with The Parkinson's Project at Broadway to bring you an evening of true stories on the theme of Resilience. We'll also be screening the film The Parkinson's Project (53m), followed by a Q&A with the film director Jess James and theatre group The Parky Players.
If ever the search for resilience should end, it is here. Any diagnosis can make us feel the future might stop. This film teaches us that by looking at what we have left and responding to it, with modesty, through the body and the mind, we have some control. Prepare for an evening that will be psychologically inspiring and a poetic reflection on being human, on all levels, not just our vulnerabilities.
About The Parkinson's Project (Duration: 53m)
The Parkinson's Project follows climber and teacher, Chris Hamper, as he navigates his diagnosis of Parkinson's disease. His Parkinson's diagnosis has forced him to redefine his passion for climbing. His tremor makes tying knots and clipping gear difficult, and yet, once he's on the rock, climbing appears to be one of the very few activities that minimise his symptoms.
Now, eight years after his diagnosis, Chris is potentially coming to the end of the “honeymoon” period of his Parkinson’s, which means he could start to see the effects of the disease more acutely, including the impact it may have on his ability to continue climbing.
About the Parky Players
An award-winning comedy theatre group, led by People with Parkinson's who are defying the odds and overcoming their disabilities to perform and experience the arts alongside able-bodied people.
About Tenx9
Tenx9 was founded in Belfast in 2011 by Paul Doran and Pádraig ÓTuama, as a night for ordinary people to tell true stories of their life - not fiction, not fable. Find out more here: tenx9.com
If you want to be one of our storytellers, we would love to hear your story - we especially welcome the shy, hesitant and reluctant.
Story submissions by Sat 18 April at: tenx9nottm@gmail.com; tenx9.com/nottingham; @tenx9.nottm. Story guidelines: tenx9.com/editorialguidelines. Please note, we have only 3 spots for stories this time.